Ten cards, nine autographs. 2021 Topps Diamond Icons Baseball is back this summer.
Vintage Sports Card News
1878 Forbes Set Among Earliest Baseball Trade Cards
Comic baseball scenes on cards helped businesses attract customers more than 140 years ago.
Business News
Heritage Opens 1st Monthly Sports Card Auction
PSA 10 Jordan and James rookie cards, dozens of well-known vintage rookie cards and unopened material are on the block as Heritage Auctions opens its newest catalog.
Industry News
More People, More Tech, More Space: Nat Turner Outlines Plans for PSA
Avid collector Nat Turner led a group of investors to take Collectors Universe private with an eye on changes for the long haul.
Sports Memorabilia News
John McGraw “Action” Photo at Auction
One of baseball’s all-time great managers is captured in a rare on-field moment of activity, a dozen years after his playing career ended.
Around the Hobby
Notes: Brady Selling Massively for Fanatics; eBay Seller Update; Centering Tool; Ray Allen Buys a 1/1 of Himself
Fanatics has been selling a ton of Tom Brady memorabilia; some more free listings for eBay sellers; a new online tool is aimed at helping you determine the centering of your cards and Ray Allen makes a big card purchase.
- Mickey Morandini Q&A: ‘Olympic’ Rookie Card, an R-Rated Autograph Request; His Own Collection
- News & Notes: Lelands Plans More Auctions, eBay Bucks Changes, More
- Historic Items from Al Tapper Collection Coming to SCP Auctions
- Notes: Orr Jersey Nets $209K; Shop Burglary; Million $ Cards; Lakers Opener Jerseys
Editor’s Blog
Dribbles & Scribbles: A Little 80s “Magic” Restarts a Collecting Journey
In the first of a new series, long-time basketball autograph collector Tim Gallagher recalls getting a signature from a very young Larry Bird, but needing some patience and geographic good fortune to snare his college and NBA rival.
- Notes: Pro Set Back?; Uncle Jimmy’s Joe D Photo; Hobby Exposure; Penny Marshall’s NLBM Donation
- Notes: Basketball Pop Report Numbers; Record for Dean’s; MLI Coming Soon; Wagner, MJ Update
- Notes: HOF Election; Topps News; CSG Update, More
- Notes: 2020 Bowman Heritage; Mick Record in the Making; Yogi Stamp Coming
Shop Talk
Shop Talk: Retail Rules and Baseball Box Busts
Tony Reid chronicles the week that was inside the hobby shop where he works.